SINGAPORE - The People's Association (PA) will be giving away bottles of insect repellents to pregnant women from Saturday (Sept 10) at all community clubs in Singapore. PA said in a statement today (Sept 8) that it worked with the...
SINGAPORE - Singapore's 24th HDB town, Tengah, will be a "forest town" - integrated with the surrounding greenery and biodiversity. A major attraction is an approximately 100m-wide and 5km-long forest corridor that will be planted with rainforest tree species "to...
There is no evidence that the Zika outbreak in Singapore is caused by a viral strain that is more or less severe than the strain circulating in Latin America, Singapore media reported on Thursday, citing the health ministry. Singapore has...
A businessman from Singapore is purported to have been involved in a money laundering scheme in the Maldives, where up to US$1.5 billion (S$2 billion) was allegedly embezzled from the country's central bank. Stealing Paradise, a documentary by Al Jazeera's Investigative...
A married lawyer, who had an affair with a former air stewardess he was representing in divorce-related matters, was given a three-month suspension by a Court of Three Judges yesterday. Mr Lee Terk Yang, 41, a lawyer for 13 years,...
Two of the three candidates who ran and lost in the last presidential election - Dr Tan Cheng Bock and Mr Tan Jee Say - will not make the cut for the next presidential polls under changes to the...
A paint is said to keep mosquitoes off your walls, and one town council is going to test it out. Developed by Japanese firm Kansai Paint, the paint contains permethrin, a commonly used insecticide that could ward off the Aedes...
Broad changes to tighten the eligibility criteria for presidential candidates from the public and private sectors have been recommended by the Constitutional Commission. The changes are to ensure that whoever is elected has the expertise and experience to carry out...
Analysts and MPs yesterday welcomed a panel's proposed changes for the elected presidency, but cautioned that some might lead to negative consequences if enacted. They point to three possible changes that worry them. One, the more stringent eligibility criteria could...
If Singapore has not had a president from a particular racial group for five continuous terms, the next presidential election should be reserved for candidates from that group, a high-level panel tasked to review the elected presidency proposed. This ensures...
